Delray Beach International Tennis Championships 2008

Delray Beach International Tennis Championships 2008
date	February 11, 2008 - February 17, 2008
Edition	16
navigation	2007  ◄  2008  ►  2009
ATP World Tour
venue	Delray Beach United States
Tournament number	499
category	International Series
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 411,000
Financial. Obligation	US $ 436,000
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Xavier Malisse
Last year's winner (double)	Xavier Malisse Hugo Armando
Winner (singles)	Kei Nishikori
Winner (doubles)	Max Mirny Jamie Murray
Tournament director	Mark S. Baron
Tournament supervisor	Mark Darby
Last direct assumption	Wayne Odesnik (126)
As of January 9, 2016

The Delray Beach International Tennis Championships 2008 was a tennis tournament that took place from February 11th to 17th, 2008 in Delray Beach . It was part of the ATP Tour 2008 and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week, the Open 13 was played in Marseille and the Brasil Open in Costa do Sauípe . Like the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, these were part of the International Series category .

Xavier Malisse was the defending champion in the singles and this year lost in the first round. In the final, qualifier Kei Nishikori won in three sets with 3: 6, 6: 1 and 6: 4 against seeding list leader James Blake . Malisse was also successful in doubles last year alongside Hugo Armando . They lost together in the first round this year. In the final, Max Mirny and Jamie Murray prevailed against the Bryan twins Bob and Mike 6: 4, 3: 6 and [10: 6].

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs. The total prize pool was $ 411,000 and total financial liabilities were $ 436,000.

qualification

The qualification took place from February 9th to 11th, 2008. Four qualifying places were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament. There were also two lucky losers.

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The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field:

Qualifiers	Lucky Loser
Amer Delic	Max Mirny
Marco Crugnola	Alex Bogomolov junior
Luka Gregorc
Kei Nishikori

Prize money and world ranking points

The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who passed the qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise, the amounts are not cumulative (amounts for the double competition per team).

singles round Points Prize money victory 175 $ 68,800 final 120 $ 37,350 Semifinals 75 $ 20,750 Quarter finals 40 $ 11,500 Round of 16 15th $ 6,800 First round 0 $ 4,000

Qualification individual round Points Prize money Qualifier 5 Qualifying round 0 $ 500 Second round 0 $ 0 First round 0 $ 0

Double round Points Prize money victory 175 $ 20,500 final 120 $ 11,750 Semifinals 75 $ 7,000 Quarter finals 40 $ 3,800 First round 0 $ 2,000

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  James Blake final 02.  Tommy Haas 1 round 03.  Sam Querrey Semifinals 04th  Dudi Sela retreat

No. player Round reached 05.  Florian Mayer 1 round 06th  Vincent Spadea Quarter finals 07th  Victor Hănescu retreat 08th.  Mardy Fish Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

J. Blake

7th

7th

R. Kendrick

5

5

1

J. Blake

6th

6th

P. Capdeville

6th

6th

P. Capdeville

1

4th

WC

C. Bowles

2

4th

1

J. Blake

6th

6th

I. Kunitsyn

6th

7th

I. Kunitsyn

2

4th

B. Becker

3

6 1

I. Kunitsyn

7th

6th

Q

L. Gregorc

6 5

2

LL

M. Mirny

6 4

3

LL

M. Mirny

7th

6th

1

J. Blake

6th

6th

LL

A. Bogomolov junior

1

0

WC

R. Ginepri

4th

4th

M. Russell

6th

6th

M. Russell

5

6th

2

WC

R. Ginepri

6th

6th

WC

R. Ginepri

7th

4th

6th

M. Montcourt

3

0

WC

R. Ginepri

6th

4th

6th

I. Navarro

6th

3

6th

8th

M. Fish

1

6th

4th

F. Serra

3

6th

3

I. Navarro

6th

5

3

Q

M. Crugnola

1

5

8th

M. Fish

2

7th

6th

8th

M. Fish

6th

7th

1

J. Blake

6th

1

4th

6th

V. Spadea

6th

6th

Q

K. Nishikori

3

6th

6th

D. Gremelmayr

3

4th

6th

V. Spadea

7th

4th

6th

G. Muller

7th

7th

G. Muller

5

6th

3

WC

J. Levine

5

6 4

6th

V. Spadea

2

4th

W. Odesnik

4th

2

3

S. Querrey

6th

6th

G. García-López

6th

6th

G. García-López

4th

7th

4th

J. Shchukin

1

4th

3

S. Querrey

6th

5

6th

3

S. Querrey

6th

6th

3

S. Querrey

6th

2

6 7

5

F. Mayer

0

3

r

Q

K. Nishikori

4th

6th

7th

Q

K. Nishikori

6th

4th

Q

K. Nishikori

6 7

6th

6th

D. Young

6 7

3

Q

A. Delic

7th

4th

2

Q

A. Delic

7th

6th

Q

K. Nishikori

6th

6th

B. Reynolds

6th

4th

6th

B. Reynolds

2

4th

X. Malisse

2

6th

3

B. Reynolds

7th

2

7th

D. Hartfield

6th

3

6th

D. Hartfield

5

6th

6 3

2

T. Haas

2

6th

2

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   final 02.  Max Mirny Jamie Murray   victory 03.  Eric Butorac Todd Perry   1 round 04th  Igor Kunitsyn Jim Thomas   1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

6th

7th

WC

H. Armando X. Malisse

3

6 3

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

6th

6th

A. Delic R. Ram

1

7th

[5]

A.-ul-H. Qureshi B. Reynolds

4th

4th

A.-ul-H. Qureshi B. Reynolds

6th

6 3

[10]

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

7th

4th

[10]

3

E. Butorac T. Perry

6th

5

[5]

M. Fish M. Knowles

5

6th

[5]

M. Fish M. Knowles

1

7th

[10]

M. Fish M. Knowles

6th

6th

V. Spadea D. Young

4th

2

S. Lipsky D. Martin

3

4th

S. Lipsky D. Martin

6th

6th

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

4th

6th

[6]

R. Kendrick S. Querrey

6th

7th

2

M. Mirny J. Murray

6th

3

[10]

WC

J. Blake K. Jones

3

5

R. Kendrick S. Querrey

6 5

4th

OLD

S. Huss A. Kuznetsov

4th

7th

[10]

OLD

S. Huss A. Kuznetsov

7th

6th

4th

I. Kunitsyn J. Thomas

6th

6 8

[8th]

OLD

S. Huss A. Kuznetsov

5

1

B. Becker J. Levinsky

3

4th

2

M. Mirny J. Murray

7th

6th

V. Hănescu R. Hutchins

6th

6th

V. Hănescu R. Hutchins

6th

4th

[5]

G. García-López F. Serra

6th

6 5

[9]

2

M. Mirny J. Murray

3

6th

[10]

2

M. Mirny J. Murray

3

7th

[11]

Web links and sources

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage (PDF; 38 kB)
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage (PDF; 52 kB)
• Tournament schedule individual qualification on the ATP homepage (PDF; 41 kB)